BEST OF 2008: ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Blake Bashoff, center, plays Moritz, the role that won a Tony Award for John Gallagher Jr. on Broadway, during the opening performance of "Spring Awakening," the Tony Award-winning musical, at the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center in Los Angeles.

Blake Bashoff, center, plays Moritz, the role that won a Tony Award for John Gallagher Jr. on Broadway, during the opening performance of "Spring Awakening," the Tony Award-winning musical, at the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center in Los Angeles. (Jay L. Clendenin/Los Angeles Times)

Blake Bashoff, center, plays Moritz, the role that won a Tony Award for John Gallagher Jr. on Broadway, during the opening performance of "Spring Awakening," the Tony Award-winning musical, at the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Center in Los Angeles.